Not just songs (that would be a differant list) but entire albums I
look forward to listening to on a regular basis. These are my
standby's and I alwayse look on them with some sort of emotion
whether it be love, happyness, mischeviousness or sorrow. These
would be the albums I occationally can't imagine people not
enjoying but then I remember that taste is subjective and I sigh.
They are some of the albums that keep me loving music and keep
me consuming new music at a rate not typical of the average
person. In many cases the selections stay on my favorits list
simply because they resorect old memories. These are not (in my
opinion) deserving of praise so much as I've simply had the good
fortune to have found them or they me. As alwayse with my lists if
there is one you have not heard or are completely unfamiliar with
feel free to consider it a rec. I have no doubt that much of my list
would simply be considered old hat but the selections are from all
across my life so some will be far newer than others. Unfortunatly
my memory is so shitty from a half a life of abuse I regularly can't
remember even a tenth of all the shit I love. I'm trying to stay
away from stuff I found here or finally gave a listen because of
you guys because that stuff just gets listed to death (as will some
of these anyway). Have a wonderfull Fall day Sputbros and
sputbroetts and Without further ado, in the order it poured out of
my brain:

Van Morrison A.K.A. Van the man A.K.A George Ivan Morrison is hands down
my favorite musician. He is a one man show with a unique voice that cannot
be duplicated. For these reasons he is the only one who gets multiple slots
and I could have easily doubled the number of albums I posted. He is one
of the most covered artists and you probably aren't even aware of it.

As legend has it he made is first album with the help of "MTV Music
Generator" and I honestly wouldn't doubt it. He is endlessly amusing to me
and he comes up with some great lines no matter how steeped in nerd life
they may be.

Like so many of the greatest hits that will proliferate in this list it is the
most memorable album cover that I can remember form my fathers album
collection. Dylan was my fathers favorite musician and for that reason I
didn't like him and even refused to listen to him until after my father passed
away.

IV is a great album but it has seriously been all but killed for me. When I
was growing up it was till very popular and was played on the cafeteria
jukebox at school EVERY DAY. Houses of the Holy has become my alternate
favorite.

Another favorite of my fathers. We would listen to this together many many
times over the years. I would always ask "not a live album huh" and he
would say "Nope" and I would just be confused by that until I was old
enough to figure out what ambiance was.

By the time CDs came out I think my father purchased best of albums
because A.) There were just to many albums he wanted but had a limited
budget to work with and B.) he had probably already purchased a bunch of
them in at least one other format and refused to repurchase an album.
There were exceptions to the rule of course e.g. Morrison, The Beatles and
Dylan.

Already listening to Ministry, SP and dead kennedys, NIN was the new kid
on the block and we liked the direction he was headed in. I've listened to
and at one time owned at least one copy of almost everything he's ever put
out.

Showed up in our group as a random cassette tape and we loved its Raw
visceral nature immediately. This reminds me more than almost any other
album save NIN and Ministry of my early and mid teen years.

This may have been my first taste if Bad Religion. It may not have been but
this was the first album of theirs that I absolutely loved. To this day it is still
my favorite. It reminds me of shooting down back roads with my buddy Kev
on our way to or from somewhere hoping to find a way to kill some time. If
anyone remembers my "Army Recruiters Office" story this is that same guy.

I had completely forgotten about this album until Ty put it in a list a few
days ago. I used to play the shit out of this album. If you like Third wave or
Punk this is a must have IMO. It really leans more toward punk with some
brass than it does Ska IMO.

This is hands down one of the best "best of" albums there is. There is a
very good chance you have heard something of Jackson Browne's without
ever even finding out it was his. The guy does have some stuff you can do
without but this album has some absolute musts on it.

I don't think there were more than a handful of people in my High School
that didn't have this album in there car. It was just one of those albums
that if no one could agree on what to listen to then Steve Miller band was
going in and everyone was fine with it.

This is one of those rare instances where (like Simon and Garfunkel) the
greatest hits is more popular than most of their LPs. This is an iconic album
cover that is recognized by people who aren't even fans of the band.

One of the most popular Indie alt-rock bands of the 90's they were quickly
forgotten as there "sound" was left behind in the late 90's. They were a
great live band if any of you were ever lucky enough to have seen them.